Derek Young’s first campaign for public office, as a 21-year-old Gig Harbor City Council candidate in 1997, came right down to the wire. Taking what he thought was a sabbatical from his studies at the University of Washington, Young challenged incumbent councilwoman Marilyn Owel. He won by three votes. Young’s parents, George and Cathy Young,
Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One firefighters responded to a house fire on 51st Street near Kopachuck State Park around midday Monday, Dec. 19. Gig Harbor Fire with assistance from West Pierce Fire. pic.twitter.com/NzLFVber6y — GigHarborFire (@GigHarborFire) December 19, 2022 The residents were home at the time of the fire, but no one was injured,
White Christmas? Probably not, according to the National Weather Service. We’ll have to settle for a white week-before-Christmas. As of 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 19, the weather service’s forecast for Gig Harbor calls for at least a chance of snow every day this week. An inch or more of snow could fall on Tuesday in
A generous rush of last-minute donations put Gig Harbor-Peninsula FISH Food Bank‘s 2022 toy drive over the top, despite requests for gifts for a record number of kids. Despite reporting a slow pace of donations in the final days of the drive, FISH ended up with plenty of gifts for the 777 children from who
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A parking dispute near Harbor Ridge Middle School on the afternoon of Dec. 12 turned scary when one of the people involved produced a handgun, causing teachers to steer kids away from the area and administrators to send
A “triple-demic” is clogging Washington health care facilities, the state Department of Health warned this week. And over-the-counter medicine to treat flu, COVID-19 and RSV symptoms are hard to find. The situation is straining the state’s health care system, DOH leaders said in a media briefing Tuesday, Dec. 13. Both DOH and the Tacoma-Pierce County
PenMet Parks is looking for community members to help determine the feasibility of a new senior center and a new aquatics facility in the Gig Harbor area. Members are being sought for two 16-member steering committees, one for the senior center and one for the aquatics facility. The committees will work with professional consultants to
Inside an otherwise nondescript building on Soundview Drive, toys, bicycles, warm sweaters and more await the chance to make someone’s Christmas special. “It really feels like Santa’s workshop in here,” said Betsy Cheney. That’d make Cheney the chief elf. She is heading up FISH Food Bank’s holiday Toy Drive, which distributes gifts to hundreds of needy
Since its founding in 1999, Gig Harbor-based The Russell Family Foundation made sustainability and environmental stewardship a top priority. The foundation was formed after the Russell family sold investment and financial services firm Frank Russell Co. to Northwestern Mutual Life for an estimated $1 billion. Since then, the foundation has operated with a mission it
A 35-foot Douglas fir, harvested from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, came to life at Skansie Park in Gig Harbor on Saturday, Dec. 3. The event included holiday music, an appearance by Santa and Mrs Claus and more. Downtown Gig Harbor will be lit up again next weekend during the Gig Harbor Yacht Club’s Lighted Boat Parade.
